A deeper struggle maybe?
Look, I know folks love to hate The Last Jedi, but I think it’s probably key to understanding this shot here. Rey spends a lot of time in that movie in a similar environment doing a lot of self-reflection, which involved some trippy visuals and at least one encounter with a deeper, darker version of herself. Mae seems to be undergoing something similar here, though it could be the inversion of it given their alignment with the darker forces at the outset of the show. I suspect our acolyte isn’t without their hangups.
